I'm planning on speedrunning a game on PS4 and using the PS4 share livestream feature to speedrun it. I was wondering if there was any important PS4 specific rules for speedrunning.

Hello,

Not typically, however you should always read the specific rules for whatever game you are going to run - some require a face cam, some require splits, some require your controller to be in view, etc etc.

On the whole, streaming via PS4 is usually fine even without a face cam / splits however some games have specific rules so be sure to check first.

I am assuming you will be doing the same as I did - streaming straight to Twitch via your PS4 then just highlighting the Twitch VOD? If so, make sure you remember to actually HIGHLIGHT the VOD or it will be automatically deleted after 14 days. Alternatively, you could download it, edit it, and re-upload to somewhere like Youtube.

Hope this has helped :) good luck, have fun!

Thanks for the info! Would it be okay if I were to stream it to YouTube and then submit the stream?

@TheImperialZone you would need to check with the moderation/verification team of whatever game you are submitting. I'm not sure how streaming to YouTube works as I've never done it before, they may have an issue with you submitting a 5 hour stream for a 15 minute run for example, but if you can timestamp it I don't generally see why it would be a problem.

The main thing you have to look out for is making sure the video is hosted on a permanent link. Often times people submit un-highlighted VODs from twitch that get automatically deleted by twitch itself a while after they are recorded, meaning the video evidence gets lost and the record invalidated.

To be cautious, I'd use youtube's video editor to clip the part of the stream that has the run and submit that instead.